Google short URL info

[Bert Van Kets <mailing () vankets com>]

I just found out something interesting with the short URL system from
Google (goo.gl)

I got a spam message of somebody claiming to have gained $500 USD in a
day working from home. He ended the message with "Trust me, it works".
LOL I never trust people who say "Trust me." The message contained the
short URL http://goo.gl/jyQRw
So I copy the URL and add a plus sign (generally gives the long url in a
static page on short URL services). Google transforms the message to
http://goo.gl/info/jyQRw
On this page I can see how many people clicked on the URL and the
countries they are from. 61 clicks since the start of the spam campaign.
The graph shows when the first clicks were made.

It's funny to see Google provides a 3D bar code on the page containing
the short URL. I'm sure some of you can use this bar code generator for
"testing" purposes.

Bert
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